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eprints-31550
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eprints
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SOAS, University of London
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SOAS Research Online
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English
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English
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| description |
On a random Tuesday in May 2019, I found myself in Shanghai's Pudong International Airport, waiting in a fortunately short and quickly moving immigration line prior to a return flight home. Just to the right was an immigration desk with what appeared to be a new sign: a “Belt-and-Road” channel (Yidai yilu tongdao). There was no one behind the BRI desk. I was intrigued by this, but of course did not dare to take a photograph of the sign in a restricted zone. Twenty minutes later I attempted to log on from the airline lounge, and ended with failure. The relevant two-step process now involved a passport scan, the receipt of a registration number that required inputting an (overseas) mobile number and receiving SMS verification with further password. The juxtaposition of the fast-track but empty BRI immigration desk and the clunky double verification procedure to get online at all seemed to encapsulate much China's current position in the world.
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Journal Article
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| author |
Strauss, Julia
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Strauss, Julia
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| authorStr |
Strauss, Julia
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| author_letter |
Strauss, Julia
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| title |
Of Silk Roads and Global Transformations: China’s Rise and its Impact on the Developing World
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| publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| publishDate |
2019
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| url |
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31550/
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